Hey Family,
Here is an update for the week! Tuesday we had District meeting which was fun because President and Sister Wall came. They talked to us about some "deviations" they are seeing in the mission. It was good to be reminded of the mission rules and what I can work on to be a better example. Wednesday, we walked all over Kenner and had a pretty good time taking in the same sights I have seen for the past 7 months, just at a much slower pace. We found one little area where there was a very large bird house. Inside the bird house was a ton of books. This bird house had a name, it was called the chateau free library, so I decided we should put an addition in! We Added a Book of Mormon and propped it up so it looked good. Thursday, we started exchanges which was really good, because Elder Hansen from La Place came to Kenner with me and brought his bike, so I rode Elder Abbott's. We, at least, got one day of being able to ride bikes instead of walking. Friday we finished off the exchange and then went to a Zone Training Meeting where we talked more about "deviations" in the mission. It was kind of boring I'm not going to lie but afterward we did service the whole day. The first project was cleaning someones backyard of rocks! We moved two piles of rocks from inconspicuous places throughout the yard... or should I say "jungle" to one huge eyesore pile right next to the house! Haha we also cleaned up lots of dead foliage so in the process the yard began to look quite a bit different. The next project that day was painting a potential investigator''s house for the missionaries in Harahan. It was a "great" paint job because there were ten missionaries who all thought they knew what they were doing haha. Saturday we didn't have a whole lot going on so we decided to go tracting. We walked for about an hour or so not having much success. At one point an Arabic woman came to the window and just smiled at us. Im guessing she couldn't talk to us, so I just grabbed a Jesus Pass along card showed it to her and asked if we could give it to her. It was really awkward to say the least. But thankfully it didn't throw us too much off because the next house we met an elderly couple who are devout Jehovah's Witnesses. The husband talked to us for about 20 minutes at the doorway and then we asked if we could come inside. About 90 minutes later we found ourselves walking back home. They had lots of really cool things to say and we were able to bear our testimonies of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith and we could tell they were struggling to refute them. They were both really nice and sincere but they can't read any other religious material so its going to be hard to get them to read the Book of Mormon. We asked them to pray about Joseph Smith so hopefully they will do that so that they can know what we know. Sunday was a pretty good fast Sunday. We taught Gospel Principles and we weren't able to prepare for it but the lesson managed to go pretty smoothly. As we were getting done with church the Gerbers asked if we had any plans for dinner, we didn't so we had some yummy sweet pork that was a lot like Cafe Rio! (But not as good as Heather's)That night we stopped by the Conforto brother's home to talk to them about Joseph Smith and baptism by proper authority. At first the older Brother was really reluctant to talk to us but both of them have said that we have the spirit with us and that they really like talking to us. They are starting to accept the commitments we leave with them and that evening the presence of the Spirit was undeniable. We all left feeling pretty happy. Yesterday being transfer Monday, us missionaries were pretty stressed to hear about transfer news. We spent the day in La Place tearing out a floor in a woman's house. None of us knew what we were doing at all so it was an interesting project. We got back to Kenner and Bro Jennings asked us if we wanted dinner so we went to Subway with him and there we got the news for transfers. Elder Abbott is leaving Kenner. I think he wasn't very surprised but it seemed like we had just barely gotten to know each other. This morning President Wall called and asked me if I would train a new missionary so its going to be fun being able to help someone learn the ropes of missionary work. And it also means I will probably be in Kenner for two more transfers! It feels like home now and I have really gotten to love the people here. Kenner is always going to somewhere I care about. Right now we are getting ready to go to downtown New Orleans! Its been pretty fun! Kenner better get ready for another six weeks of me!
Love Elder Smith
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